Your Right to Know

The administration of Gov. John Kasich has
discussed several
key provisions in his wide-ranging mid-biennium review. But it also contains a number of other
proposals:

• Increases the nonresident hunting-license fee from $124 to $149.

• Establishes deer permit fees at $23 for residents and $99 for nonresidents.

• Reduces from $60,000 to $30,000 the annual salaries of Ohio Casino Control Commission
members.

• Creates a pilot program to let adults who didn’t graduate from high school attend a community
or technical college to get a diploma and work toward an industry certificate.

• Puts the burden on a tattoo-parlor owner, rather than the artist, to ensure equipment is
sterilized.

• Sets up a system so a lottery winner’s money can be tapped for owed child support.

• Requires universities to develop a set of standards for granting college credit for military
experience.

• No longer requires approval from the Controlling Board, a legislative spending-oversight
panel, for Lottery Commission license and administrative fees.

• Extends use of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation's fingerprint database to private entities
for employment and licensure.

• Expands the definition of “material and substantial violation” in oil and gas law to include
failure to correct violations that present an imminent danger to a person’s health. If a violation
occurs, it allows the state to suspend activities or revoke permits, including for brine
transportation.

• Increases the maximum civil penalty for a violation of the oil and gas law from $4,000 to
$10,000.

• Repeals the student-enrollment limits at Ohio State University (42,000) and four other state
universities.